Tetrahedron

The invention of radical reactions. Part XXXIV. Homologation of carboxylic acids to α-keto carboxylic acids by Barton-ester based radical chain chemistry

DHR Barton, CY Chern, JC Jaszberenyi

Index: Barton, Derek H. R.; Chern, Ching-Yuh; Jaszberenyi, Joseph Cs. Tetrahedron, 1995 , vol. 51, # 7 p. 1867 - 1886

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... This paper is dedicated to Professor L Ghosez on the occasion of his 60th birthday. ... Carboxylic acids can be transformed into the homologous α-keto acids by Barton-ester based radical chemistry. This method was especially successful when ethyl α-trifluoroacetoxy acrylate ...